Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
3 Men and a Body
by Stephanie Bond
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Carlotta Wren desperately needs a vacation from her life. So when hunky Cooper Craft invites her to ride with him to Florida for some fun in the sun and a VIP body pickup, it seems like the opportunity she’s been waiting for.
Until her brother Wesley, eluding an irate loan shark, tags along to play chaperone…
Until they arrive to pick up their VIP body and are greeted by three different men–each one laying claim to the celebutante they’ve been hired to move…
Lion & Lamb
by James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The city is in a state of shock over the fate of two hometown heroes: Eagles starting quarterback Archie Hughes, and his even more famous wife, Grammy-winning singer Francine Hughes.
One spouse is murdered. The other is suspect #1. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it’s the hottest ticket in town. For the defense: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to the stars.For the prosecution: Veena Lion, a sleuth so bright she’s got to wear shades.
All Body Bags and No Knickers
by Shawe Ruckus
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.6 #ad
On the annual Ghost Night when spirits wander, newlyweds Catherine Roxborough and her partner Chance Yang never imagined death would stalk their summery seaside destination.
Excited to meet her husband’s family on their honeymoon, Catherine crosses paths with new acquaintances, young and old, as they journey from London to northern coastal China. However, the couple’s celebrations are marred when ghosts of the past come back to haunt the Yangs, as three naked dead bodies are discovered in a nearby seaside derelict – three people the honeymooners had only just met.
Birthright
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When five-thousand-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and romance.
While overseeing the dig, she must try to make sense of a cloud of death and misfortune that hangs over the project—fueling rumors that the site is cursed…
Sam
by Jesse Storm
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Sam Turner is a retired lawman who has long hung up his badge and gun in favor of a peaceful life on his homestead.
One day, this life is shattered by notorious outlaw Desmond Cutter. Known for his ruthless and cunning ways, Cutter has been wreaking havoc in the region of Colorado, leaving a trail of bloodshed in his wake.
When Sam’s wife and daughter are killed in the crossfire, Sam knows he can’t succumb to despair. He chooses to pick up his gun and his badge again. The retired lawman has returned for vengeance.
The Last Haunted House on Mars and Other Stories
by Amy Cross
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
THE FIRST COLLECTION OF ALL-NEW AMY CROSS HORROR SHORT STORIES SINCE 2020!
A woman tries to talk her way out of a chef’s clutches as he meticulously prepares her body for the oven…
A madman tries to make up for something that happened to him as a child, but he soon discovers that his sister is hiding another dark secret…
A dying man makes an elaborate promise to his wife, but will he be able to keep that promise after he passes over to the other side?
Death Walked In
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Max Darling hasn’t been interested in crime since his brush with a seductive young woman put him in danger of losing his freedom. He even refuses to talk to a woman who calls for help and says she is afraid. The caller leaves word she’s hidden something in the antebellum house Max and his wife, Annie, are restoring. When Annie finds out, she hurries to the woman’s home, only to discover she’s been murdered. Evidence links the dead woman to a fortune in gold coins that has recently gone missing. Was this mysterious woman killed for a fortune in coins?
At the River
by Kendra Elliot
Kindle $6.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
BRAND NEW RELEASE
The mystery of three missing teens and a traumatizing murder unearths decades of buried secrets in a shocking novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.
Twenty years ago, five teenage campers disappeared. Two eventually turned up, bound and left for dead on the Columbia River’s rocky shore. Only Devin Bonner miraculously survived, but with no memories of what happened in the Oregon forest.
Fatal Crescendo
by Raven Harper
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Who knew finding your soul mate could be so dangerous?
Heavy metal frontman Andy Bishop has learned the hard way that money, fame, and success aren’t everything. What he wants the most is love, the one thing he can’t seem to find. Then fate pairs him with a sexy, up-and-coming singer and everything changes. Even when the cost of having his heart’s desire becomes potentially deadly, he’ll do whatever it takes to stay with her.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Cat Pay the Devil
by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it’s not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out. But if you’re a thief named Cage Jones, you’ve just sprung yourself from the clink, and the woman who turned state’s witness and helped put you behind bars lives there––where better to go than Molena Point?
Wily Tomcat Joe Grey knows that something sinister is afoot when he hears about Cage Jones––but he doubts that his girlfriend Dulcie’s suspicions that the escaped thief is after Dulcie’s human companion, Wilma, are justified…
P Is for Peril
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Kinsey Millhone ventures into the darker side of the human soul in this gripping novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton.
Kinsey Millhone never sees it coming. She is mired in the case of a doctor who disappeared, his angry ex-wife, and beautiful current one—a case that is full of unfinished business, unfinished homes, and people drifting in and out of their own lives. Then Kinsey gets a shock…
The Gift: Books 1 – 3
by Marc Stapleton
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Kris Chambers is a nobody. A 24-year-old man with a dead-end job and no prospects – and to top it off, heart condition that forever keeps him on his toes – he spends his life trapped between apathy, self-doubt, and mortal fear.
As he walks down an unfamiliar alleyway, he stumbles upon the lifeless body of a stranger. Unbeknownst to him, this grisly discovery marks the beginning of an entirely new chapter in his life. Upon mysteriously awakening in the hospital, he learns that his heart now functions flawlessly, and he feels… different.
A traveler from parts unknown, time unknown…
The Silent Wife
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Investigating the killing of a prisoner during a riot inside a state penitentiary, GBI investigator Will Trent is confronted with disturbing information. One of the inmates claims that he is innocent of a brutal attack for which he has always been the prime suspect. The man insists that he was framed by a corrupt law enforcement team led by Jeffrey Tolliver and that the real culprit is still out there—a serial killer who has systematically been preying on women across the state for years. If Will reopens the investigation and implicates the dead police officer with a hero’s reputation of wrongdoing, the opportunistic convict is willing to provide the information GBI needs about the riot murder.
Ring Around the Sun
by Clifford D. Simak
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Author Jay Vickers would like nothing more than to be left alone so he can finish his next book. But “there’s something strange going on,” as his peculiar neighbor, Horton Flanders, says. For instance, the market is filling with new inventions that supposedly last forever—cars, razors, cigarette lighters, and more. Individuals and whole families are disappearing. Soon, even Mr. Flanders vanishes—but not before leaving Vickers a note.
Following Flanders’s advice, Vickers travels to his childhood home, where he makes a fantastic discovery. It is a mere child’s toy, a brightly colored whistling top…
The Long Walk
by Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this #1 national bestseller, master storyteller Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walking competition where there can only be one winner—the one that survives.
Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as the Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour without ever stopping…with the winner being awarded “The Prize”—anything he wants for the rest of his life. But, as part of this national tournament that sweeps through a dystopian America year after year, there are some harsh rules that Garraty and ninety-nine others must adhere to in order to beat out the rest…
The Night Whispers
by Caroline Mitchell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Detective Sarah Noble investigates a dark case in the town of Slayton.
It began with the whispers. In the woods, in the park, and always at night. Then they came into town, down dark alleys, and in the shadows. Before long there was a knock on the door.
When the couple were found dead with their faces frozen in horror, the black-eyed children were nowhere to be seen. Until it happened again.